BlackRock Frontiers (LON:BRFI) Insider Lucy Taylor-Smith Purchases 10,122 Shares

BlackRock Frontiers (LON:BRFI) insider Lucy Taylor-Smith purchased 10,122 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 19th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 147 ($1.82) per share, for a total transaction of £14,879.34 ($18,378.63).

BlackRock Frontiers Stock Up 1.7 %

Shares of BlackRock Frontiers stock opened at GBX 150.50 ($1.86) on Thursday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is GBX 152.47 and its 200-day moving average price is GBX 145.20. BlackRock Frontiers has a 52-week low of GBX 131.32 ($1.62) and a 52-week high of GBX 159.90 ($1.98). The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01, a quick ratio of 0.66 and a current ratio of 0.57. The stock has a market capitalization of £284.94 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 480.97 and a beta of 0.67.

BlackRock Frontiers Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, February 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, January 4th were given a $0.05 dividend. This is a boost from BlackRock Frontiers’s previous dividend of $0.03. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 4th. This represents a dividend yield of 2.79%. BlackRock Frontiers’s payout ratio is presently 1,935.48%.

BlackRock Frontiers Company Profile

BlackRock Frontiers Investment Trust plc is a closed-ended equity mutual fund launched by BlackRock Fund Managers Limited. It is managed by BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited. The fund invests in the public equity markets of frontier market countries across the globe. It seeks to invest in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors.